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Home Dictionary Name: substancesExplosive substance
Explosive substance, include any materials for mak-ing any explosive substance, also any apparatus, machine, implement or material used, or intended to be used, or adapted for causing, or aiding in causing, any explosion in or with any explosive substance; also any part of any such apparatus, machine or implement, S.K. Shukla v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2006) 1 SCC 314. (Explosive Substance Act, 1908, s. 2)It has a broader and more comprehensive meaning than the term 'Explosive'. 'Explosive substance' includes 'Explosive'. The dictionary meaning of the word 'explosive' is 'tending to expand suddenly with loud noise, 'tending to cause explosion' (The Concise Oxford Dictionary), Mohd Usman Mohd Hussain Maniyar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1981 SC 1062 (1065). [Explosive Substance Act, (6 of 1908), ss. 5, 2]...
Hazardous substance
Hazardous substance, means any substance or pre-paration which is defined as hazardous substance in the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and exceeding such quantity as specified by the Central Government under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991). [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2 (f)]It means any substance or preparation which is de-fined as hazardous substance under the Environ-ment (Protection) Act, 1986, and exceeding such quantity as may be specified, by notification, by the Central Government. [Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991), s. 2 (d)]It means any substance or preparation which, by reason of its chemical or physico-chemical properties or handling, is liable to cause harm to human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism, property or the environment. [Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), s. 2 (e)]...
Pith and substance
Pith and substance, as per this doctrine, the question whether an impugned law would relate to the subject-matter within jurisdiction of one legislature or the other is decided by the substance or the real scope of the impugned law and the subject-matter to which it really relates, and not by the label the Legislature has given to it, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. C, p. 43; State of Rajasthan v. V.G. Chowla, AIR 1959 SC 544; Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1985 SC 845.Pith and Substance, is a doctrine relating to the interpretation of statutes; evolved by the Privy Council, to solve the problem of competitive legislatures, Gallaghar v. Lynm, (1937) AC 863; Prafulla Kumar v. Bank of Commerce, AIR 1947 SC 28.Pith and substance, once a law 'in pith and substance' falls within a legislative entry, an incidental encroachment on an entry in another list does not affect its validity, Gallagher v. Lynn., (1937) AC 863 (PC).When there is a confl...
Psychotropic substance
Psychotropic substance, means any substance, natural or synthetic, or any natural material or any salt or preparation of such substance or material included in the list of psychotropic substances specified in the Schedule. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (xxiii)]Psychotropic substance, means gardenal tablets came in its ambit because of international name 'phenobarbitone', Bal Mukund Jaiswal v. Bharat Singh, (1993) 2 Crimes 899....
Controlled substance
Controlled substance, means any substance which the Central Government may, having regard to the available information as to its possible use in the production or manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or to the provisions of any International Convention, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a controlled substance. [The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (viid)]...
Pith and substance-doctrine of
Pith and substance-doctrine of, the doctrine of 'pith and substance' means that if an enactment substantially fall within the powers expressly conferred by the Constitution upon the legislature which enacted it, it cannot be held to be invalid, merely because it incidentally encroaches on matters assigned to another legislature. When a law is impugned as being ultra vires of the legislative competence, what is required to be ascertained is the true character of the legislation. If on such an examination it is found that the legislation is in substance one on a matter assigned to the legislature then it must be held to be valid in its entirety even though it might incidentally trench on matters which are beyond its competence. In order to examine the true character of the enactment, the entire Act, its object and scope and effect, is required to be gone into. The question of invasion into the territory of another legislation is to be determined not by degree but by substance. The doctri...
Drugs, Substances
Drugs, Substances, the definition of 'drugs' is com-prehensive enough to take in not only medicines but also substances intended to be used for or in the treatment of diseases of human beings or animals this artificial definition introduces a distinction between medicines and substances which are not medicine strictly so-called. The expression 'substances', therefore, must be something other than medicines but which are used for treatment, Chmanlal Jagjivandas Sheth v. State of Maharashta, AIR 1963 SC 665 (666). [Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940, s. 3(b)]...
Prescribed substance
Prescribed substance, means any substance includ-ing any mineral which the Central Government may, by notification, prescribe, being a substance which in its opinion is or may be used for the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected therewith and includes, pluto-nium, thorium, beryllium, deuterium or any of their respective derivatives or compounds or any other materials containing any of the aforesaid substances. [Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of 1962), s. 2(1) (g)]...
Substance
Substance, means any natural or artificial substance, whether in solid or liquid form or in form of a gas or vapour, Adarsha Hospital v. Union of India, AIR 2005 Kant 416.Substance, See Adarsha Hospital v. Union of India, AIR 2005 Kar 416....
Substances
Substances, the appropriate meaning of the expre-ssion 'substances' in the s. is things. It cannot be disputed, and indeed it is not disputed, that absorbent cotton wool, roller bandages and gauze are substances, Chimanlal Jagjivandas Sheth v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1963 SC 665: (1963) 1 Supp SCR 344.1. The essence of something; the essential quality of something, as opposed to its mere form 2. Any matter, esp. an addictive drag, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1442....
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